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Article Evaluation (Week One)
For the portion of Week One's assignment, I've chosen to reflect and evaluate the Ginny Stikeman article using the following questions:

Is everything in the article relevant to the article topic? Is there anything that distracted you?

~ I feel the only thing very distracting was how small the opening statement and biography was on Stikeman's life, while her career was a massive chunk of the page. I feel the writer could have dove in more in finding more on the director's life (e.g., the meaning of her work) that would have a more profound affect to the reader.

Is the article neutral? Are there any claims, or frames, that appear heavily biased toward a particular position?

~ I do believe though the rest of the article does not repeat itself by being very brief. The editor does a very well job in keeping a third person perspective while summarizing Ginny's work.

Are there viewpoints that are overrepresented, or underrepresented?

~ Personally I feel the biography is extremely underrepresented as the writer could have taken that time to expand on Stikeman's life of why she entered film-making, further details on Ginny's background of living in such a political city when sexuality was a very gender role and taboo topic, or even detailing her other projects as many were edited in a very short amount of time.

Check a few citations. Do the links work? Does the source support the claims in the article?

~ The first two links do not work anymore in this article, however all other links are still viable and confirm what the author discussed.

Is each fact referenced with an appropriate, reliable reference? Where does the information come from? Are these neutral sources? If biased, is that bias noted?

~ Many of the sources used come from databases (e.g., IMDB, Canadian Women Film Director Database) similar with a Wikipedia search and resources. The articles about Ginny Stikeman on that site remain neutral as well.

Is any information out of date? Is anything missing that could be added?

~ While some brackets are filled with "not in citation given" before the FILMOGRAPHY section, the rest of the article matches its quote with citation.

Check out the Talk page of the article. What kinds of conversations, if any, are going on behind the scenes about how to represent this topic?

~ The conversations posted in the talk page come from two editors of the article giving editing changes and praising the writer.

How does the way Wikipedia discusses this topic differ from the way we've talked about it in class?

~ While the following article does match the in-class style of showing all the information, the thing that is missing is explained concepts of how she edited her films (e.g., first-person, camera angles, putting together of scenes) that could have made the reader understand clearer of Ginny's work.

Director Analysis (Week Two)
TOP 3 CHOICES:

1. Silas Howard

FOUND LINKS: http://go.galegroup.com.proxy.library.carleton.ca/ps/i.do?p=AONE&u=ocul_carleton&id=GALE|A88583381&v=2.1&it=r&sid=summon&authCount=1, https://search-proquest-com.proxy.library.carleton.ca/docview/1884445?pq-origsite=summon, https://search-proquest-com.proxy.library.carleton.ca/docview/1886301846?pq-origsite=summon

2. Jules Rosskam

FOUND LINKS: https://read-dukeupress-edu.proxy.library.carleton.ca/tsq/article/1/4/586-589/91713, http://go.galegroup.com.proxy.library.carleton.ca/ps/i.do?p=AONE&u=ocul_carleton&id=GALE|A242020506&v=2.1&it=r&sid=summon

3. Jake Graf

Peer Review on Talk Pages
"Your writing on Kathleen Shannon proved extremely detailed, researched and proof read! I absolutely love how you filled out te filmography detail to include everything she had completed in her lifetime, as well as kept a third-person perspective throughout. The only thing I would change in the future is outlining her most influential and/or acclaimed films under the Studio D section." (Talk:Kathleen Shannon)

"While it can definitely be challenging to find some information on directors, I feel you could have detailed more of Booth's films she was apart of and how she came to be apart of them. On top of this more links could have been added to the articles she'd done over having the article highlighted of where she was buried. However with what detail you'd discovered you kept the article very to the perspective of third person, and highlighting basic info on Margaret Booth in the small box was a very nice touch." (https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Talk:Margaret_Booth&action=edit&section=1)